In Japanese Village, Searching for Signs of Hope

3/15/2011 6:14PM

Survivors in the tiny fishing village of Minamisanriku, on Japan's northern coast, are sifting through the wreckage wrought by the tsunami in search of signs of hope. But most of their efforts have been futile.

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I ... I ... in the building is standing in parts of me many summary who since the giant tsunami swept through on Friday ... virtually all of the homes in the lower basin of this fishing village had been destroyed ... Shell's of office buildings are filled with debris that was washed inside the The Force the powerful floodwaters ... nearly half of the seventeen thousand residents are reported missing ... in one thousand people have been confirmed dead ... some survivors have been sifting through the red Wednesday searching for signs of hope ... one resident used to Japanese phrase to describe their futile efforts ... to show that my ... it means it can be helped ...